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Karl E. Knapp, P.E.
President

Mr. Knapp, President of CVL Consultants of Colorado, is responsible for the establishing and maintaining client relations, development of senior management staff and company officers, and the coordination of community and professional organization activities of the firm throughout Colorado. Karl has earned 22 years experience in engineering design, entitlement processing, construction management, and engineering services and consulting firm management. Mr. Knapp opened the Colorado offices of CVL in the year 2000. Prior to opening CVL’s office, Mr. Knapp was Vice President and Director of Civil Engineering for PBS&J’s Western Region during his ten years with the company.

Mr. Knapp has centered his professional growth by providing clients with focused and unsurpassed service over the years on numerous public works and land development projects throughout Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, and South Dakota. Karl has been personally involved in providing foresight and entitlement strategy for the engineering design and plan processing through many Colorado cities, towns and counties including Parker, Aurora, Douglas County, Commerce City, Johnstown, and Brighton.

CVL’s clients consider Mr. Knapp to be an industry leader in his abilities to view the project entitlement process in totality. Karl believes that no task is considered to be outside the realm of our capabilities, either through implementing the direct credentials of CVL, or calling upon our teaming consultant relationships. Mr. Knapp teaches this philosophy throughout the CVL organization, and believes that consistently enthusiastic and dedicated service is the only trait that separates the value of CVL from other civil consulting and survey services firms. Karl trains the CVL staff that they will earn the clients’ next project assignment by focus on and attention to the clients’ needs on a daily basis. Karl Knapp knows what clients need from their consultants to be successful, and he is committed to producing satisfactory results for them time and time again.

Education
B.S., Civil Engineering - South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, 1984

Registration
Professional Engineer - Colorado

Organizations
Aurora Economic Development Council
Board Member, 2002 - Present
Parker Economic Development Council
Homebuilders Association
● Associate Member Council, 1997
● Parade of Homes 5K Run, 1997 (Co-chair)
American Council of Engineering Companies
● Scholarship Committee, 2000, 2001, & 2002 (Chair)

 

Patrick D. Quinney, P.E.
Senior Vice President

Mr. Quinney has earned more than 30 years of professional experience in civil engineering consulting. He has successfully guided the integration of major infrastructure improvements into tens of thousands of acres of residential and commercial developments throughout Colorado cities, counties, and districts. Mr. Quinney is recognized as an expert in many facets of infrastructure design. He is instrumental in shaping conceptual project designs and directing the CVL management staff to the simultaneous completion of many projects. Mr. Quinney’s role in the CVL organization encompasses initial project conceptualization, technical oversight, management of continuing formal staff education, and client relations. As Senior Vice President, he is one of the organizational keys affording CVL the ability to provide world class consulting service to a wide range of clientele. Pat focuses on training CVL managers to serve our clients in a timely and cost effective manner, exceeding our clients’ expectations. Pat’s experience and expertise in consistently and persistently negotiating the agency approval processes has proven to be a true asset to our consultant teams and to the success of our clients. Entitlement authorities that Pat deals with on a regular basis include the City of Aurora, Arapahoe County, Douglas County, the City and County of Denver, Jefferson County, City of Commerce City, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, Jefferson County, Town of Firestone, Johnstown, Weld County, and Elbert County.

Mr. Quinney has guided to successful completion, projects ranging from individual retail units to master planned residential developments, mixed-use regional developments, major retail and commercial complexes, and regional infrastructure facilities. Other specific areas of expertise include design management of major regional stormwater storage and treatment facilities and major and regional arterial roadways. Pat has a wealth of experience and expertise including site evaluation and due diligence studies, zoning and re-zoning application processes, subdivision platting and entitlement engineering, hydrology and hydraulic design for storm water management systems, water distribution systems, sanitary sewer collection systems, roadway design, and major earthwork balance analyses.

Pat has gained a wide variety of engineering and management experience throughout his career, stemming from his involvement in the aerospace industry at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Research and Development Center in Florida, and consulting firms in Florida and Colorado. His resume includes holding the positions of President of Bell Engineering Company, Vice President of The Tech Group, Inc., and Director of Engineering Services forPBS&J Colorado.

Education
B.S., Civil Engineering - South Dakota School of
Mines & Technology, 1970

Registrations
Professional Engineer - Colorado, Arizona
Professional Land Surveyor - Arizona

Organizations
Home Builders Association of Metro Denver
Experimental Aircraft Association
American Society of Civil Engineers
Retired Officers Association of America

 

Kurt A. Lang, P.E.
Vice President

Kurt Lang, Vice President with CVL Consultants of Colorado, has a very broad based background in all facets of land development engineering that stretches over 24 years including projects in southern California to Colorado and Wyoming. As Vice President of the Denver office, he is responsible for directing project managers, hiring staff, and training and managing technical and support staff at all levels.

Mr. Lang develops and manages many client relationships. Mr. Lang’s valuable leadership within the organization benefits the company through his planning, marketing and client service expertise. Additional responsibilities include marketing activities, and establishing, building and maintaining supportive relationships with operational peers and teaming consultants.

Mr. Lang has consistently taken a proactive, service oriented approach to fulfilling his clients’ needs and expectations. His successful techniques have been instilled in many of CVL’s project managers. His project approach skills are taught and utilized to successfully develop managers capable of creating engineering solutions on development projects throughout the Front Range. The result is seen in their collective success in meeting deadlines and managing budgets effectively.

Mr. Lang’s extensive experience in land development involves designing and managing simple to complex project entitlements and designs for mixed-use residential, commercial, office and multifamily projects. His projects include small and large commercial sites as well as large, several thousand lot subdivisions. Mr. Lang’s experience includes being involved as a teaming consultant for Home Depots, performing site designs throughout the western United States. Mr. Lang continues to relate well with architects and residential developers to integrate commercial uses into housing communities to provide the best possible value to his clients. Kurt understands integrated design for complex communities and provides value to all of his clients on an array of project types.

Mr. Lang is actively involved with the builder and developer community through his associations with the Parker Economic Development Council, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), and his role as committee chair for the Home Builders Association coordinating group for the City of Thornton.

Mr. Lang is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado, #32249 and California, #53387

Education
B.S., Civil Engineering - San Diego State University

Registration
Professional Engineer - Colorado, California

Affiliations
Parker Economic Development Council

National Association of Industrial

Office Properties Home Builders Association

 

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